I dug this out of the CAA Library at Gatwick. The original proposed layout for Heathrow was to have three sets each of three parallel runways. The three runways to the north of the central area were dropped on cost grounds but I’ll bet they wish they had gone ahead with it now.
By: Old Git - 9th July 2006 at 20:38
Nine runways! Very interesting! It now has two runways and five terminals, so would that mean they would have now needed 22 1/2 terminals? 😀
Probably!!! – they would have had plenty more land. Ironically the East West Runway to the North is more or less in the same position where they want to put the new runway and it is almost exactly the same length as the proposed new runway (2000 metres).
By: Newforest - 9th July 2006 at 20:22
Nine runways! Very interesting! It now has two runways and five terminals, so would that mean they would have now needed 22 1/2 terminals? 😀
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July 9, 2006 at 6:53 pm